Stop Haunt Me
A new challenge...once I finally fork out some cash for CS2.
I saw something similar earlier with a tutorial on how to create these. I'll have to search notcot for it.
Sep 03
Sep 01
Kitchen Construction
After the water leak was fixed, we ripped out the cabinets to clean out the mildew. Gross. We also found the hidden pineapple wallpaper that matched our lovely pineapple tiles. Puke.
In June, the second half of the deconstruction began. The desk was removed as was the sheet rock. Electrical was run. Studs were leveled. Green rock was hung. Taping, floating, sanding, floating... This weekend: sanding, texturizing, painting... And we laid the rest of the floor boards!!! All that's left is to sand down some uneven edges, touch up the paint, paint and install the door trim, and paint and install the base board and quarter round. It's beautiful!!!
Aug 26
Bird-In-My-Tree Ornithology
Quick pictures before I go find my bird book. Possibly a Mississippi Kite? As I pulled into the driveway this evening, I saw a big ol' bird land in the top branches of our Cyprus tree. I sat in the car for a bit to watched him feed his babies. Yeah yeah yeah...grainy as hell, but I was zoomed in all the way while standing on the couch on the back deck. Mo wants bird cams. We have owls somewhere in our trees as well as a number of cardinal and blue jay nests.
Aug 24
Weekend Madness
What a weekend...
What I thought was going to be a nice, slow, relaxing birthday turned into the best surprise party I've ever had. Saturday started nice and slow with a pancake breakfast and mmmm mmmm good coffee, looked at dumb stuff on the internet for a while, painted more of my drawing room, helped clean the house, and just hung out until it was time to get ready for dinner. Or so I thought... I threw on a dress and tiny dark pink heels, walked downstairs and around the corner into the kitchen, and I get a big surprise from a room full of friends. And more people arrive...and more. Will even baked a yummy cake Friday afternoon and hid it so well that I didn't smell chocolate! It was awesome. We had a great evening.
The end of the evening...
And now it's Sunday. We slept in, watched the last of the Manchester City - West Ham United game, and are ready for a nice, slow rest-of-the-weekend.
Aug 22
My Invisibilia
Per a previous story, I finally tried out a little work with the Wacom on a picture from Hot Water Blast. I made it not so invisible because I liked the way it looked with a little of the background coming through.
Rusty
Kosal
Jeremy
Aug 20
Mmmm... Beer
| Buffalo Bill's Orange Blossom Cream Ale. Sounds girly, doesn't it? It's good. And it actually has a real orange flavor. And typical me, I really dig the label. |  |
Jul 23
I <3 Texture: Reflection
Saw this before dinner tonight and had to get a couple pictures. I love the reflection... such a nice pattern. And I like the underlighting on my desk. Makes everything look so pretty together.
Jul 13
Dinner + Blackberry Cobbler
Grilled chicken tenderized and coated in olive oil and secret spice. Potatoes, carrots, brussel sprouts, yellow onion slices, garlic, lemon wedges, rosemary, oregano, and thyme sprigs drizzled in olive oil and baked at 400F for 40 minutes. And then dessert...
I found this on the cover of the July 2008 Southern Living magazine and had to make it. I think I should have pulled it out of the oven about 2 minutes early, but it was tasty regardless.
Easy Blackberry Cobbler
Ingredients:
- 4 cups blackberries and raspberries
- 1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 6 tbsp butter, melted
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 375F. Place 6 ramekins on foil lined baking sheet.
- Divide 4 cups fresh blackberries and raspberries between 6 ramekins. Sprinkle with the lemon juice.
- Stir together egg, sugar, and flour in a medium bowl until mixture resembles coarse meal. Sprinkle over fruit.
- Drizzle butter over topping.
- Bake at 375 for 35 minutes or until lightly browned and bubbly. Let stand 10 minutes.
Serves 6
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Jul 06
Super Sloppy Joes
We made these for lunch today. It's been a long time since I had real sloppy joes. Mmmmmmmm...
Ingredients:
- 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 lbs ground beef sirloin
- 1/4 c brown sugar
- 1 tbsp spice
- 1 med onion, chopped
- 1 sm red bell pepper, chopped
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 c tomato sauce
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 4 crusty rolls, split, toasted, and lightly buttered
Directions:
- Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add oil and meat to the pan. Spread the meat around the pan and begin to break it up. Combine brown sugar and steak seasoning. Add sugar and spice mixture to the skillet and combine.
- When the meat has browned, add onion and red peppers to the skillet. Reduce heat to medium and cook onions, peppers, red wine vinegar and Worcestershire sauce with meat for 5 minutes.
- Add tomato sauce and paste to pan. Stir to combine. Reduce heat to simmer and cook Sloppy Joe mixture 5 minutes longer.
Serves 4
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